OGCC – Our History

In 2018, the Orton-Gillingham Center of Charleston (OGCC) was founded to serve as a convener in the community to transform literacy instruction. From 2018-2020, OGCC partnered with OGA Fellows to begin cohorts of training in the Lowcountry which created a ripple in public, private, and charter schools. OGCC also developed an onsite OG support center for a small independent school and operated it for five years. In the Spring of 2023, OGCC made the strategic decision to transition this program over to the school to spend more time focusing on making Orton-Gillingham accessible to ALL students.

OGCC intends to be the Science of Reading funding organization in South Carolina so that families, teachers, Principals, and school districts can benefit from philanthropic contributions leveraged by OG experts.

The OGCC Board of Directors

is made up of passionate community leaders on a quest to educate teachers, administrators, and parents about the Science of Reading and the Orton-Gillingham Approach. At this time, the OGCC board is highly engaged in carrying out all fund development, stewardship, and advocacy work.

OGCC is aligned with OGA

Our Priorities

Lowcountry Literacy Project

Advocacy

Parent & Community Resources

Parent Testimonials

“I started OG in 5th grade. It has helped me to become a better reader and a more confient student. Now i am in high school at Wando and i am so grateful to my tutor for helping me.”

“My daughter was in the OG program when OGCC was located at Coastal Christian. We saw amazing progress and I am so thankful that we were able to intervene early.”

“I reached out to OGCC to seek support for my struggling reader. They helped me to understand the gaps that were below the surface that our school did not seem to be able to identify. I knew in my gut there was an issue and they were able to confirm my suspicion and to help me connect with an OG tutor. I am so grateful!.”

“I am so thankful for the OG practitioner recommendations provided by OGCC. It made connecting with a highly trained tutor easy and gave me peace of mind that the tutor had been vetted”

“I sought support from OGCC when my daughter was struggling in elementary school. They gave her a diagnostic assessment which helped to identify the areas of weakness that the school did not seem to understand. They then helped me connect with an OG tutor which was transformational for her.”